The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-06-02

UhSisuan sailor, ne gave NM BPaT6 u7da
tcR tVo weeks 70 the Bible, and at the end
q thst declared openly: @Heneeforth,
under all circumstances, Iwill act for God.
his last wo1ds, while dying At the AstoF
House, New York, we're: II thank God
for all his goodness to me. he has been
very good 10 me-" When he entered heaven
he did not have to run blockade, for Il
was amid the cheers Of great welcome.
The other Christian admiral will be honOred
until the day when the fires from above
shall lick up Che waters from beneath and
there shall be no more sea.
Oh, while old oceans brOa1t
Bears white sail,
And Gods soft starr 20 regA
Guide through the gale,
Men VIII him neer forget,
Old heart of oak,
Farragutl Farraguti
Thunderbolt strokel
According to his own statement, Falra-
gut was very loose in his morals in early
manhood, and praciced all kinds Of sin.
One day he was called into the cabin Of
his father, who was q shipmaster. His
father said: "David, what are you going
to be, anyhow" He answered.: II am going
to follow the sea-" "Fellow the sea, said
the father, "and be kicked about the world
and die in foreign hospital?" @No, said
David; II am going to command, like you."
~No," said the father; "a boy of your habits
will never command anything" and his
father burst into tears and left the cabin.
From that day David Farragut started on q
new life. Capt. Pennington, an honored
elder of this church, was with him in most
of his battles and had his intimate friend-
ship, and he confirms, what had heard else
where, that Farragut was good and a
Christian. In every great crisis CT life he
asked and obtained the divine direction.
When in Mobile Bay the monitor Tecum-
sch sank from torpedo and the great war
ship Brooklyn, that was to lead the
squadron, turned back he said he was at
loss to know whether to advance or re-
treat, and he says: "I prayed: 'Oh, God,
who created man and gave him reason,
directed me what to do. Shall l go onp
And voice commanded me: Go on and
went on" Was there ever more touch.
ing Christian letter than that which he
wrote to his wife from his flagship Hart
ford? "My dearest wife, 1 write and
leave this letter to you. am going into
Mobile Bay in the morning, if God is my
leader, and I hope He is, anRin Him I
place my trust. If He thinks it is the
proper place for me to die am ready to
submit to His will in that as all other
things. God bless and preserve You, my
darling, and, my dear boy, if anything
should happen to me, may His blessings
rest upon you and your dear mother and
all your sisters and their children"
Cheerful to the end, he said on board the
Tallapoosa in the last voyage he ever took:
at would be we'll if died now in harness"
The sublime Episcopal service for the dead
was nevor more appropriately read than
over his casket, and we'll did all the forts
in New York harbor thunder as his body
was brought to our wharf, and we'll did the
minute guns sound and the bells toll as in
procession having in its ranks the Presi-
dent of the United States and his cabinet,
and the mighty men of land and sea, the
old Admiral was carried amid hundreds Of
thousands of uncovered heads on Broad
way and laid on his pillow Of dust in beau
tiful Woodlawn, Sept. 40, amid the pomp
of our antumnal forests.
Ye veterans who sailed and fought under
him, take your Admiral's God and Christ
for your God and Christ. After a few
more conflicts you too will rest. For the
few remaining fights with sin, and death,
and hell make ready. Strip your vessel
for the fray; hang the sheet chains over the
side. Send down the topgallant masts.
Barricade the wheel. Rig in the flying jib
boom. Steer straight for the shining shore,
and hear the shout of the great Commander
of earth and heaven as he cries from the
shrouds: "To him that overcometh, will
give to eat of the tree Of life which is In
the midst the paradise Of God"